1. Notes

2. Sources

3. Further reading

Saint Bobo of Provence ({{lang-fr|italic=yes|Beuvon, Beuve}} or Bobon, {{lang-it|italic=yes|Bovo}} or Bobone; died 986) was a Frankish warrior and pilgrim from Noyers (Noghiers).{{sfn|Ballan|2010|p=34}} He is known only from the anonymous biography Vita sancti Bobonis.{{sfn|Murray|2002|p=376}} He built a castle on a hill opposite the Muslim fortress of Fraxinet and led the Christians of Provence to victory in battle with the Muslims in an unknown year.{{sfn|Ballan|2010|p=26. The Vita calls these Muslims from Spain hispanicolae.}} During the battle he had a mystical experience and vowed, if victorious, to renounce war and become a pilgrim devoted to the care of orphans and widows.{{sfn|Murray|2002|p=376}} After the loss of his brother, he went on pilgrimage to Rome and died at Voghera in Lombardy.{{sfn|France|2005|p=10}}

Bobo is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. His feast day is May 22 and he is the patron saint of cattle.^[1]

Notes

Sources

• {{cite journal |title=Fraxinetum: An Islamic Frontier State in Tenth Century Provence |first=Mohamad |last=Ballan |journal=Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies |year=2010 |volume=41 |pages=23–76 |url=https://www.academia.edu/3537846/Fraxinetum_An_Islamic_Frontier_State_in_Tenth_Century_Provence}}
• {{cite book |title=Crusades and the Expansion of Catholic Christendom, 1000–1714 |last=France |first=John |publisher=Routledge |location=Florence, KY |year=2005}}
• {{cite book |title=Reason and Society in the Middle Ages |first=Alexander |last=Murray |location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon Press |year=2002}}
• {{cite book |title=Le royaume de Provence sous les Carolingiens (855–933) |location=Paris |publisher=E. Bouillon |first=René |last=Poupardin |authorlink=René Poupardin}}
• {{cite journal |title=The Arab presence in France and Switzerland in the 10th Century |last=Versteegh |first=K. |journal=Arabica |volume=37 |year=1990 |pages=359–88 |doi=10.1163/157005890x00041}}

Further reading

• {{cite book |title=La Provence des origines à l'an mil: histoire et archéologie |first=Paul-Albert |last=Février |year=1989 |location=Rennes}}
• {{cite book |title=La Provence et la société féodale, 879–1166 |first=Jean-Pierre |last=Poly |year=1976 |location=Pars}}

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